September 21, 2013

The Vienna Philharmonic at the Salzburg Festival 2013


In July and August 2013, the Vienna Philharmonic took part in the Salzburg Festival for the 89th time, giving eleven concerts and twenty-three opera performances.

July 27/28 -- Large Festival Hall
Joseph Haydn: "Die Jahreszeiten". Oratorium in four parts for soloists, chorus and orchestra, Hob. XXI:3 (Dorothea Röschmann, soprano; Michael Schade, tenor; Florian Boesch, bass; Concert Formation of the Vienna State Opera Chorus prepared by Ernst Raffelsberger). Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
This concert was recorded by the ORF in cooperation with the ZDF, 3sat and UNITEL CLASSICA and was broadcast on 3sat and UNITEL CLASSICA.

August 3/4 - Large Festival Hall
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in G major, KV 216 (soloist: Pinchas Zukerman); Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.

August 10/11 - Large Festival Hall
Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.

August 15/17/18 - Large Festival Hall
Giuseppe Verdi: Messa da Requiem (Krassimira Stoyanova, soprano; Elina Garanca , mezzo-soprano; Piotr Beczala, tenor; Dmitry Belosselskiy, bass: Concert Formation of the Vienna State Opera Chorus, prepared by Ernst Raffelsberger). Conductor: Riccardo Muti.

August 29/30 - Large Festival Hall
Richard Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll; Act One from "Die Walküre", (Eva-Maria Westbroek, soprano; Peter Seiffert, tenor; Matti Salminen, Bass). Conductor: Lorin Maazel.

July 29, 31; August 3, Conductor: Lorin Maazel.

July 29, 31; August 3, 4, 6, 7. - Haus für Mozart
Giuseppe Verdi: "Falstaff" (new production). Conductor: Zubin Mehta.
This opera was recorded and broadcast by the ORF in co-production with 3sat and UNTEL CLASSICA. The premiere was broadcast live on 3sat.

August 2, 9, 12, 20, 24, 27. - Large Festival Hall
Richard Wagner: "Die Meistersinger von Nürenberg" (new production). Conductor: Daniele Gatti.
This opera was recorded and broadcast in co-production with the ZDF/3sat and UNICA CLASSICA. The premiere was broadcast live on 3sat.

August 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28. - Large Festival Hall
Giuseppe Verdi: "Don Carlo" (new production). Conductor: Anton Pappano.
This opera was recorded by the ORF in a co-production with UNITEL CLASSICA, NHK and ZDF in cooperation with Arte and broadcast on Arte, ORF 2, ORF III and UNITEL CLASSICA.

August 21, 23, 25, 28, 31. - Haus für Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Cosi fan tutte" (new production). Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach.
This opera was recorded by UNITEL CLASSICA.